21 Disqualification from being the Mayor or an Assembly member
Greater London Authority Act 1999 (1999 c 29) | Legislation

21  Disqualification from being the Mayor or an Assembly member

(1)     A person is disqualified from being elected or being the Mayor or an Assembly member if—

(a)     he is a member of staff of the Authority;

(b)     he holds any of the offices or appointments for the time being designated by the Secretary of State in an order as offices or appointments disqualifying persons from being the Mayor or an Assembly member;

[(c)     he is the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order [or an interim bankruptcy restrictions order, or a debt relief restrictions order or interim debt relief restrictions order under Schedule 4ZB of the Insolvency Act 1986];]

(d)     he has within five years before the day of the election, or since his election, been convicted in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man of any offence and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of

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